Philadelphia Weather in 1970

Historical record of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Philadelphia Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	September 24
Lowest temperature	1 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	74 °F	September 24
Lowest daily high	9 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	October 22
Most daily snow	2.5 inches	January 6
Total annual precipitation	39.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	13.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Philadelphia in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1970 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Sep 24
1	95 °F	Sep 23
3	94 °F	Sep 22
4	93 °F	Sep 16
5	92 °F	Sep 26
5	92 °F	Sep 25
5	92 °F	May 10
8	91 °F	Sep 15
8	91 °F	Sep 4
8	91 °F	Aug 28
8	91 °F	Aug 16
8	91 °F	Aug 14
8	91 °F	Aug 13
8	91 °F	Jul 29
8	91 °F	Jul 28
8	91 °F	Jul 19
8	91 °F	Jun 12
8	91 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Philadelphia in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1970 was 1 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Philadelphia in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	January 9
2	2 °F	January 8
3	4 °F	January 22
4	5 °F	January 10
5	9 °F	January 21
6	10 °F	February 26
7	11 °F	February 4
7	11 °F	January 23
9	12 °F	January 15
10	13 °F	January 14

January 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	24	0.04	0.4
January 4	28	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	27	0.10	2.5
January 7	30	21	0.17	2.4
January 8	23	2	0.00	0.0
January 9	9	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	5	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	14	0.01	0.1
January 12	29	20	0.05	0.7
January 13	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 14	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 15	28	12	0.00	0.0
January 16	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	43	26	0.24	0.0
January 18	41	24	0.03	0.0
January 19	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	22	14	0.07	1.1
January 21	17	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 24	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 26	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	35	28	0.03	0.3
January 28	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 29	51	37	0.00	0.0
January 30	44	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	18	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	51	31	0.00	0.0
February 2	54	33	0.25	0.0
February 3	54	20	0.52	0.1
February 4	20	11	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 7	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	34	0.04	0.0
February 10	49	37	0.67	0.0
February 11	41	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 13	33	22	0.00	0.0
February 14	25	19	0.16	1.9
February 15	35	25	0.44	0.7
February 16	34	29	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 19	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 23	46	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	55	16	0.00	0.0
February 26	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	29	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 2	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	35	0.00	0.0
March 4	39	34	0.41	0.0
March 5	49	37	0.00	0.0
March 6	43	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	23	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	21	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	33	0.44	0.0
March 13	38	32	0.02	0.0
March 14	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	33	0.41	1.0
March 19	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 20	42	32	0.52	0.0
March 21	49	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	38	0.35	0.0
March 23	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	52	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	55	32	0.00	0.0
March 26	69	41	0.32	0.0
March 27	53	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	33	0.00	0.0
March 29	45	28	1.19	1.4
March 30	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	41	33	0.17	0.0

April 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	33	0.19
April 2	63	40	1.71
April 3	55	39	0.00
April 4	53	36	0.00
April 5	53	34	0.00
April 6	52	32	0.00
April 7	58	39	0.00
April 8	63	34	0.00
April 9	76	45	0.01
April 10	62	37	0.00
April 11	52	31	0.00
April 12	60	32	0.00
April 13	62	38	0.00
April 14	48	43	2.28
April 15	53	44	0.53
April 16	65	41	0.00
April 17	64	44	0.00
April 18	63	42	0.00
April 19	51	40	0.04
April 20	48	40	0.82
April 21	52	42	0.00
April 22	69	43	0.00
April 23	58	49	0.13
April 24	62	47	0.41
April 25	70	48	0.00
April 26	70	53	0.00
April 27	72	55	0.00
April 28	73	55	0.00
April 29	83	53	0.00
April 30	73	49	0.00

May 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	81	54	0.00
May 2	80	59	0.00
May 3	64	52	0.00
May 4	57	50	0.03
May 5	76	47	0.00
May 6	60	42	0.00
May 7	61	35	0.00
May 8	78	46	0.00
May 9	89	58	0.00
May 10	92	59	0.00
May 11	86	65	0.00
May 12	88	63	0.00
May 13	87	64	0.00
May 14	79	56	0.18
May 15	69	52	0.00
May 16	69	51	0.00
May 17	65	53	0.60
May 18	69	50	0.00
May 19	78	53	0.21
May 20	85	58	0.00
May 21	78	57	0.00
May 22	83	57	0.00
May 23	88	65	0.51
May 24	67	59	0.02
May 25	69	57	0.00
May 26	78	61	1.02
May 27	70	52	0.00
May 28	69	48	0.00
May 29	75	52	0.00
May 30	74	51	0.00
May 31	80	55	0.00

June 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	63	0.00
June 2	89	67	0.00
June 3	89	69	0.02
June 4	70	62	0.00
June 5	82	61	0.77
June 6	72	57	0.19
June 7	76	54	0.00
June 8	83	60	0.00
June 9	83	63	0.00
June 10	83	62	0.12
June 11	91	66	0.00
June 12	91	67	1.24
June 13	79	61	0.00
June 14	76	58	0.00
June 15	71	58	0.00
June 16	71	62	0.12
June 17	84	67	0.00
June 18	85	69	0.43
June 19	86	66	0.00
June 20	76	61	0.00
June 21	71	62	1.50
June 22	76	64	0.00
June 23	82	60	0.00
June 24	83	62	0.00
June 25	86	66	0.00
June 26	75	70	0.01
June 27	76	58	0.20
June 28	78	56	0.00
June 29	81	56	0.00
June 30	88	68	0.00

July 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	68	0.00
July 2	78	70	0.25
July 3	84	70	0.00
July 4	90	73	0.08
July 5	78	65	0.00
July 6	84	63	0.00
July 7	87	63	0.00
July 8	88	68	0.00
July 9	88	68	0.00
July 10	82	71	0.45
July 11	84	67	0.02
July 12	85	66	0.00
July 13	84	64	0.00
July 14	82	66	0.00
July 15	87	68	0.32
July 16	87	68	0.01
July 17	84	62	0.00
July 18	89	68	0.00
July 19	91	72	0.00
July 20	89	69	0.16
July 21	78	65	0.00
July 22	80	66	0.00
July 23	81	67	0.00
July 24	84	69	0.33
July 25	89	72	0.00
July 26	87	71	0.00
July 27	90	74	0.00
July 28	91	73	0.00
July 29	91	72	0.73
July 30	81	73	0.00
July 31	86	72	0.40

August 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	72	0.61
August 2	90	74	0.00
August 3	87	68	0.13
August 4	80	66	0.00
August 5	81	64	0.00
August 6	83	65	0.00
August 7	84	64	0.00
August 8	86	68	0.00
August 9	85	68	0.24
August 10	82	68	0.00
August 11	84	70	0.00
August 12	89	67	0.00
August 13	91	71	0.00
August 14	91	71	0.50
August 15	89	69	0.00
August 16	91	71	0.26
August 17	87	72	0.00
August 18	85	64	0.00
August 19	82	66	0.04
August 20	87	71	0.00
August 21	83	67	0.00
August 22	83	58	0.00
August 23	80	71	2.12
August 24	80	63	0.00
August 25	83	65	0.00
August 26	85	67	0.00
August 27	89	67	0.00
August 28	91	71	0.00
August 29	89	73	0.00
August 30	85	68	0.00
August 31	81	63	0.09

September 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	58	0.00
September 2	76	53	0.00
September 3	81	62	0.00
September 4	91	74	0.00
September 5	87	70	0.00
September 6	79	59	0.00
September 7	83	57	0.00
September 8	80	63	0.00
September 9	72	66	0.32
September 10	88	70	0.02
September 11	75	59	0.00
September 12	78	56	0.00
September 13	81	55	0.00
September 14	87	64	0.00
September 15	91	68	0.00
September 16	93	67	0.00
September 17	81	61	0.00
September 18	81	67	0.04
September 19	79	60	0.00
September 20	80	55	0.00
September 21	86	62	0.00
September 22	94	70	0.00
September 23	95	73	0.00
September 24	95	74	0.20
September 25	92	73	0.00
September 26	92	71	0.00
September 27	79	54	0.24
September 28	65	48	0.00
September 29	61	43	0.00
September 30	67	46	0.00

October 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	46	0.00
October 2	72	46	0.00
October 3	84	58	0.05
October 4	64	45	0.00
October 5	69	42	0.00
October 6	77	58	0.00
October 7	80	55	0.00
October 8	79	57	0.00
October 9	79	56	0.00
October 10	81	62	0.00
October 11	76	60	0.00
October 12	75	59	0.00
October 13	78	61	0.00
October 14	79	66	0.00
October 15	75	60	0.02
October 16	60	43	0.00
October 17	50	36	0.00
October 18	66	44	0.00
October 19	66	42	0.00
October 20	63	43	0.00
October 21	67	55	0.80
October 22	65	62	2.71
October 23	70	57	0.01
October 24	71	52	0.00
October 25	66	56	0.07
October 26	59	53	0.00
October 27	53	46	0.00
October 28	55	41	0.00
October 29	58	39	0.00
October 30	58	49	0.00
October 31	62	50	0.00

November 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	67	51	0.00
November 2	58	51	0.02
November 3	63	47	0.15
November 4	57	45	0.92
November 5	53	42	0.02
November 6	55	35	0.00
November 7	65	42	0.00
November 8	61	45	0.00
November 9	60	46	0.00
November 10	67	49	0.09
November 11	67	59	1.03
November 12	67	58	0.55
November 13	58	49	0.14
November 14	56	45	0.07
November 15	54	46	1.04
November 16	46	32	0.00
November 17	47	31	0.00
November 18	49	32	0.08
November 19	56	43	0.00
November 20	57	41	0.35
November 21	53	39	0.00
November 22	57	37	0.00
November 23	54	22	0.00
November 24	35	19	0.00
November 25	37	22	0.00
November 26	47	28	0.00
November 27	52	39	0.00
November 28	59	42	0.00
November 29	50	45	0.25
November 30	58	41	0.00

December 1970 Philadelphia Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	34	0.00	0.0
December 2	66	42	0.00	0.0
December 3	63	37	0.00	0.0
December 4	59	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 8	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 9	49	31	0.00	0.0
December 10	51	35	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	33	0.06	0.0
December 12	40	35	0.32	0.0
December 13	41	33	0.01	0.0
December 14	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	45	30	1.10	0.0
December 17	46	39	0.66	0.0
December 18	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 19	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 20	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 21	37	29	0.05	0.5
December 22	38	32	0.57	0.2
December 23	36	31	0.32	0.0
December 24	36	30	0.10	0.0
December 25	34	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	23	0.02	0.2
December 27	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	21	0.06	0.2

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1941–2024	Philadelphia International Airport	location
1916–1940	Philadelphia Naval Yard	location
1894–1915	Drexel University	location